I was hoping this was going to go volume+ last episode, and with all the little subplots like Kurando going to check on Ueda (still alive...? =), and Yoichi's attack plan, it could easily fill a couple of volumes if he wanted. But, I'm hoping for even more, namely Musashi slaying all 70 of them on screen. By my casual count, he's only up to about 26.

And there's always that fear that, as with Inoue lately, it's just going to jump ahead to something else; like Musashi's waking up surrounded by bodies, "What happened?" =)

You guy's disappoint me, we're up to 231 and about 40 kills and nada going on in this thread. Come on, is there nothing more to say until it's over? =)

Inoue's comments on #229 sketch page:

"I had a dream last night. I was walking alongside a road and saw a wire net with numerous (dead) crows stuck to it. In front of me there was a group of people in a circle with their backs to me. Then suddenly, with a boom, one of their heads split open like a watermelon. He had been shot in the back of the head by someone behind me. The sky was yellow. My sketches are certainly having an effect on me...."

#230

"Scenes with lots of people and action scenes are tough to draw, but things feel good overall.I'm working on the parts which puts a lot of wear and tear on an artist's body and soul, and every week after I finish my work I feel as drained as a cast off shell, but overall things are probably at their best.Is it hard to understand what "the overall feeling" is?Although I'm mentally and physically tired, there's something... a feeling that things are worth it.Things certainly are worth it.Yes,that's the feeling."

With all the Lost Odyssey information flying around, it's good to see some Musashi instead of that Kaim chap. I cannot wait to see more of the same stuff. I'm wondering if he'll take on all 70 though... I don't remember him doing so in the novel. We'll wait and see, though =)

I'm wondering if he'll take on all 70 though... I don't remember him doing so in the novel. We'll wait and see, though =)

Well, he took them all on, he just didn't actually dispatch every last one of them. Anyway, he's got around 50 or more kills already, so I wouldn't be surprised if Inoue's doing scratch marks on his drawing desk, going all the way! =)

From the sketches it looks like we'll be seeing Kojiro though, I hope he'll be visiting the battlefield like in the novel rather than us being pulled away from it.

I can't help but like Kojiro. I think Inoue is setting it up so the conclusion crushes our soul. He might well join the fray of the battle, but after reading the chapter, I can't see how he'll make it in time. It's not impossible, though. It's been so long that I forgot what a treat it is to be reading Vagabond. One of the few manga's that delivers on every level. Pages 8 and 9 are going to be my wallpaper from now on (after some fine editing). I do hope things move along and out of Kyōto to when Musashi lives his days in solitude...

Either way, it's good to have Musashi back =) Next week's release will rocks, no doubt.

Yeah, Inoue obviously doesn't care about the history of the Vagabond world. This story is obviously very flawed, he can't even do it all at once, it's like once a week; and now I have to wait another 3 days to see what lame thing happens next? I'm so disappointed as a professional Internet critic.

Now excuse me, I have to go watch my Naruto CD-Rs and masturbate to Poke'mom hentai.